Entries by Lourival Sant'Anna

The Little Lady

At that moment I shivered, like someone who feels the first stab of happiness for a sensation never before perceived. I had never tasted such innocence from anyone who wasn’t a child.

Extreme Amazon

The Amazon is fantastically mysterious, free from concepts of right or wrong, good or evil. And only those who can see the beauty hidden beyond their centuries-old trunks realize that the monsters are in the imagination. Everything follows its natural rhythm, and for that, it is necessary to understand this movement.

Fishes as commodities

Brazil could be a major exporter of farm-raised fish, such as pirarucu, which puts up weight faster than cattle, and tambaqui, originally from the Amazon but exported by China. And use new technologies to explore oil, gold and other minerals from the rich subsoil of the Amazon without destroying the forest or polluting its rivers.

The agri and the ogre

Social entrepreneur Caetano Scannavino conveyed to members of the European Parliament the view that the rules being debated in Europe to prevent the importation of Brazilian products associated with deforestation are necessary to separate good agribusiness from bad, which he and others dub “ogrebusiness”.

An indigenous journalist

Luciene Kaxinawá’s trajectory parallels that of Brazil. Her indigenous identity was hidden from her. Luciene matured discovering this identity. It is up to the country to do the same. Which does not mean giving up the rest.

Animation movie with Amazon warrior wins award

The Amazon has been inhabited by girls who are true heroines. First there was “Tainá, the Amazon Guardian”, launched in 2000 in the cinema and turned into a TV series. […]